Planning and Litigation
Marsha E. Swiss has a high level of knowledge and experience, having practiced in the the areas of estate planning and litigation for more than 40 years. Her academic credentials include an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and a law degree from The Harvard Law School. She draws upon a bedrock of knowledge in many fields including, but not limited to, negligence, contracts, immigration, domestic relations and business planning.

Experienced
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1966, Marsha E. Swiss has nearly half a century of legal knowledge, and with a seasoned eye for detail, she examines and analyzes every facet of her clients’ estate and trust issues.

Rooted in the community
Attorney Swiss serves on the Advisory Committe of the DC Bar Foundation, which makes grants to legal service providers giving legal representation to needy and underserved members of the community.

She also belongs to the DC Estate Planning Council, an interdisciplinary professional organization dealing with complex estate and tax-planning issues, and is a member of the Friends Council at the Smithsonian Museum’s Freer and Sackler Gallery of Asian Art.

A record of success
Attorney Marsha E. Swiss is driven by her dedication to bringing a successful conclusion to her clients’ cases. She focuses on practice areas that are specific to the estates and planning arena, including:

Attorney Swiss is particularly aggressive in pursuing justice for her clients when it comes to those who are licensed to help others but subvert their duties to suit their own ends. She will go after doctors, attorneys and stock brokers who breach the sacred trust of fiduciary responsibility, and she will secure judgments on behalf of her clients.

DC and Maryland high-end estates attorney
Marsha E. Swiss serves the needs of clients with mid to high-end estates. Her business comes mostly through referrals from clients or other attorneys. She is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for her professionalism and ethics.